Lost Restaurants of El Paso

Lost Restaurants of El Paso

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Publication Date: 8th March 2021

El Paso was a crossroads long before it was a border town, and its restaurant history represents the same intersection of foodways and culinary traditions. When the Ladies' Auxiliary for the YMCA produced El Paso's first known community cookbook in 1898, a number of its recipes appeared in English for the first time. Many of the eateries that supported that variety are now gone, but places like Jaxson's, Griggs and the Central Café changed the city's tastebuds forever. Walk the colonnade of the Hollywood Café or plop down at Bill Parks Bar-B-Q in this collection of standbys served up by the El... Read More
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El Paso was a crossroads long before it was a border town, and its restaurant history represents the same intersection of foodways and culinary traditions. When the Ladies' Auxiliary for the YMCA produced El Paso's first known community cookbook in 1898, a number of its recipes appeared in English for the first time. Many of the eateries that supported that variety are now gone, but places like Jaxson's, Griggs and the Central Café changed the city's tastebuds forever. Walk the colonnade of the Hollywood Café or plop down at Bill Parks Bar-B-Q in this collection of standbys served up by the El... Read More
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El Paso was a crossroads long before it was a border town, and its restaurant history represents the same intersection of foodways and culinary traditions. When the Ladies' Auxiliary for the YMCA produced El Paso's first known community cookbook in 1898, a number of its recipes appeared in English for the first time. Many of the eateries that supported that variety are now gone, but places like Jaxson's, Griggs and the Central Café changed the city's tastebuds forever. Walk the colonnade of the Hollywood Café or plop down at Bill Parks Bar-B-Q in this collection of standbys served up by the El Paso County Historical Society.
Details
  • Pages: 160
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: The History Press
  • Series: American Palate
  • Publication Date: 8th March 2021
  • State: Texas
  • Illustration Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9781467144872
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / United States / General
    TRAVEL / Food, Lodging & Transportation / Restaurants
Author Bio
Historians from the El Paso County Historical Society have drawn on their expertise and the organization's archives to tell the story of El Paso, Texas--a community with deep international roots--through some of its most memorable lost restaurants.
El Paso was a crossroads long before it was a border town, and its restaurant history represents the same intersection of foodways and culinary traditions. When the Ladies' Auxiliary for the YMCA produced El Paso's first known community cookbook in 1898, a number of its recipes appeared in English for the first time. Many of the eateries that supported that variety are now gone, but places like Jaxson's, Griggs and the Central Café changed the city's tastebuds forever. Walk the colonnade of the Hollywood Café or plop down at Bill Parks Bar-B-Q in this collection of standbys served up by the El Paso County Historical Society.
  • Pages: 160
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Imprint: The History Press
  • Series: American Palate
  • Publication Date: 8th March 2021
  • State: Texas
  • Illustrations Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9781467144872
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / United States / General
    TRAVEL / Food, Lodging & Transportation / Restaurants
Historians from the El Paso County Historical Society have drawn on their expertise and the organization's archives to tell the story of El Paso, Texas--a community with deep international roots--through some of its most memorable lost restaurants.